A woman has died after she was struck by a bus while walking near shops on the eastern shore of Lake Rotorua.

People had called the emergency services at 7.40pm on Saturday following the accident at the intersection of TeNgae Rd and Coulter Rd at Owhata, on the eastern shore the lake.The Police Serious Crash Unit is now conducting an investigation into the accident. Senior Sergeant Karl Konlechner of the Bay of Plenty District Command Centre said that no additional information is available on the incidence.

John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has said that KiwiRail might continue to rely on government subsidies as it is not likely to make a profit on its own.

The company promoting the Ruataniwha water storage scheme has indicated that the scheme has received the backing of local farmers that will allow the successful implementation of the project proposed for Central Hawke's Bay.

On Wednesday, the prosecutors in Brazil filed charges against one of the most well-known political figures in the country, the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who served in office from 2003 to 2010. The incident has shook Brazil's already concerned political establishment.

Reportedly, Eliot Spitzer, the ex-New York Governor who served in office from 2007 to March 2008, has been accused of assaulting a woman in the up market Plaza Hotel in New York City and is being investigated by the authorities.

Intensified air strikes by the U.S and Russian militaries reflect how the countries are focused to use international efforts against the ISIS and degrade their ability to utilize oil as their main financial support.